Riding profile

PA-2

US House district — PA · Mixed · us pa

The question

PA-2: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
53.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 76.8%

    Brendan F Boyle incumbent

  • Republican 23.2%

    Jessica Arriaga

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HerePA-2 76.8%23.2%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +22.5 44.9% −21.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

PA-2, a mixed riding in PA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 43-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 77% vote share, against 23% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

BOYLE, BRENDAN F

Sits with Democrat

Primary race

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

BRENDAN F BOYLE 100.0%

53,043 votes

Republican primary

Winner

JESSICA ARRIAGA 100.0%

6,328 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Boyle, Brendan F

  • Republican Open seat

    Jessica Arriaga

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
42.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.7 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026